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Colonial Roads and Rooms of 18th Century Pennsylvania
Describes Philadelphia and Germantown in 1777 with sparse comforts, timbered houses, high furniture, and bustling cellars. Portrays frontier travel dangers, inland isolation, and abundant colonial foods while recalling Franklin era remarks on hunger.
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Pennsylvania
George Lippard
Germantown
Neville’s Penn
Sylvania
Niagara Falls
Benjamin Franklin
Maine
South
Joneses
Delanceys
Maryland
Virginia
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